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'''Franklin Wendell Welker''' (born March 12, 1946)<ref name="About"/><!-- Any change, including the addition of a year, MUST be reliably sourced or will be reverted. --> is an American voice actor.<ref>{{Cite news|title=You don't know his face. But voice actor Frank Welker likely ruled your childhood|last1=Greiving|first1=Tim|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/scoob-frank-welker-scooby-doo-interview/2020/05/13/9ec23390-93dd-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html|access-date=2021-06-21|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128130826/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/scoob-frank-welker-scooby-doo-interview/2020/05/13/9ec23390-93dd-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over
Welker is best known for voicing [[Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo)|Fred Jones]] in the ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' franchise since its inception in 1969, and [[Scooby-Doo (character)|the title protagonist]] himself since 2002. In 2020, Welker reprised the latter role in the animated film ''[[Scoob!]]'', the only original voice actor from the series in the movie's cast. He has also voiced [[Kermit the Frog|Baby Kermit]] in the original [[Muppet Babies (1984 TV series)|Muppet Babies]], [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] in ''[[Epic Mickey]]'' and [[Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two|its sequel]]; [[Megatron]], [[Galvatron]], [[Soundwave (Transformers)|Soundwave]], and various characters in the ''[[Transformers]]'' franchise; [[Santa's Little Helper]] and [[Snowball II]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]''; [[Shao Kahn]] and [[Reptile (Mortal Kombat)|Reptile]] in the [[Mortal Kombat (1995 film)|1995 ''Mortal Kombat'' film]]; [[Curious George]] in the ''[[Curious George (franchise)|Curious George]]'' franchise; [[Garfield (character)|Garfield]] on ''[[The Garfield Show]]''; [[Nibbler (Futurama)|Nibbler]] on ''[[Futurama]]''; the titular character in ''[[Jabberjaw]]''; [[Speed Buggy]] in the ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' franchise; [[List of The Jetsons characters|Astro]] and [[List of The Jetsons characters|Orbitty]] on the 1980s revival of ''[[The Jetsons]]''; and various characters in ''[[The Smurfs]]''. Much of his work includes animal and monster vocalizations.
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